A Woman Called Moses
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| Directed by | Paul Wendkos |
| Produced by | Henry Jaffe Michael Jaffe Ike Jones |
| Written by | Marcy Heidish (novel) Lonne Elder III (screenplay) |
| Starring | Cicely Tyson |
| Narrated by | Orson Welles |
| Music by | Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson |
| Cinematography | Robert B. Hauser |
| Edited by | Stanley Frazen Frank Mazzola Elio Zarmati |
| Distributed by | NBC |
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240 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
A Woman Called Moses is a television miniseries based on the life of Harriet Tubman, the escaped African American slave who helped to organize the Underground Railroad, and who led dozens of African Americans from enslavement in the Southern United States to freedom in the Northern states and Canada. Narrated by Orson Welles, the production was broadcast on the NBC television network on December 11 and 12, 1978.
Tubman was portrayed by Emmy Award winner and Academy Award nominee Cicely Tyson.
Music
The soundtrack music was by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson and soul singer/composer Van McCoy contributed some music to the series.[1]
Cast
- Cicely Tyson/ Olivia - Harriet Tubman
- Will Geer - Thomas Garrett
- Robert Hooks - William Still
- James Wainwright - Andrew Coleman
- Jason Bernard - Daddy Ben Ross
- Clifford David - Doc Thompson
- Judyann Elder - Bernette Wilson
- John Getz - Stewart
- Mae Mercer - Aunt Juba
- Harry Rhodes - Tavwell Robinson
- James Sikking - McCracken
- Charles Weldon - Shadrack Davis
- Dick Anthony Williams - John Tubman
- Narrated by Orson Welles
Video releases
The miniseries was first released on VHS on September 29, 1992, followed by a DVD release on February 3, 2001.
References
- ↑ Van McCoy Music (Page 2) The Story of Van McCoy
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). A Woman Called Moses at IMDb
- A Woman Called Moses at AllMovie
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- 1978 films
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- 1970s drama films
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- 1970s American television miniseries
- Films set in the 1850s
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